Match Reaction vs Everton

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't see where a genuine top tier striker will come from in the January window. Who will be available? What clubs will be selling? Suarez would cost even more than the £40mill we previously bid, he's not worth more than that in reality but in a crazy market he'd cost more. That's if we could persuade Liverpool to sell and pretty much chuck their own season in the process. Not really a possibility. Who else is there? Far more likely we'll need to get somebody in who can provide cover for Giroud.

[Power n Glory]

It will be difficult to find someone in January because clubs will be reluctant to sell, but unless you've got an eye on all the top leagues and taps on all the strikers that look the part, we can't be certain of our options. It's not as if Giroud was on anyone's radar here before we signed him and we thought he'd fit the blueprint.